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Dubai-based Mara Group launched in October what it calls Africa’s first smartphone manufacturer in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Mara Phone says its device is the first high specification, affordable smartphone made in Africa to compete in a market dominated by South Korean and Chinese brands
Troops and civilians are adjusting to a new reality after forces began disengaging along the line of separation between the Ukrainian military and Russia-backed separatists. Amid hopes for peace there’s also distrust and anxiety
The video app TikTok has become the world’s most downloaded app. Teenagers are fueling the craze by posting videos as short as 15 seconds of themselves dancing, lip-syncing, being silly and generally showing off
The 47-year-old woman, whose leg had been broken by her captors, was found by Chinese police and transferred to Myanmar authorities in the border town of Muse in Myanmar’s northern Shan state on Nov. 1, they said. She was then sent back to her home in Bago city in central Myanmar’s Bago region on Sunday
Indonesian security officials had earlier said at least 100 Indonesian men, women and children were languishing in several Syrian camps
A Special report on immigrants in Germany their aspiration, their struggle and the emergence of far right parties
Montenegrin residents have launched a lawsuit against a Chinese construction company, claiming their lands have been devastated by the construction of a new highway. UNESCO also expressed concern over “severe impacts” to the Tara River
The music of Zimbabwean Musician Jeys Marabini and Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts … Tshisa! Tshisa
The music of Zimbabwean Musician Jeys Marabini and Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts … Tshisa! Tshisa (Courtesy Video: Majahawodwa Ndlovu),~VOA NEWS
Nigeria accounts for the highest cancer mortality rate in Africa according to the WHO. In October, also world cancer awareness month, several non-profits in Nigeria are taking information about the disease to the streets and sponsoring underprivileged patients for treatments